Alpine soil macro-invertebrate communities from pitfall traps from European larch and Swiss pine forests in the LTSER area “Val Mazia/Matschertal”, South Tyrol

Here we present abundance data (i.e. individuals per sampling day) of surface-living macro-invertebrates from Alpine European larch and Swiss pine forests, as well as mixed forests. The forests are located in the LTSER area "Val Mazia/Matschertal" in the Vinschgau Valley, South Tyrol, Italy. Each three replicates from each forest type (larch, pine, and mixed) were sampled in late summer 2017. The animals were sampled with pit fall traps. Hymenoptera, adult Lepidoptera and Diptera, and representatives of the mesofauna (i.e. Acari and Collembola) were excluded from the analyses.